Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 9 -- A group of Responsible Tourism (RT) exponents from around the world, touring Kerala as part of a Cultural Exchange Programme, today interacted with Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas here, sharing their experience of joining the Onam festivities with local communities in RT units in different parts of the state.

The foreign tourists were from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Indonesia, Romania, Nepal, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

The group also included RT leaders, academicians, researchers, and tour operators from other states. The winners of the third edition of International online painting competition organised by Kerala Tourism were also pre...